Born and raised in Jambi City, Achmad Riky Sufrian has been a journalist since 2010. He started his career in a daily newspaper in Jambi, then worked in local television for 7 years. Since 2019, he has been working for CNN Indonesia while managing the kilasjambi.com portal. Riki is very interested in environmental issues and indigenous peoples. Besides being a journalist, he is currently a lecturer at the Journalism Department of Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin State Islamic University Jambi.